Claude Opus 4 vs Mistral Large
Compare Claude Opus 4 by Anthropic against Mistral Large by Mistral AI, context windows of 200K vs 32K, tested across 53 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Claude Opus 4 or Mistral Large?
Claude Opus 4 and Mistral Large are both competitive models. Claude Opus 4 costs $15/M input tokens vs $8/M for Mistral Large. Context windows: 200K vs 32K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude Opus 4 and Mistral Large
Claude Opus 4 is made by anthropic while Mistral Large is from mistral. Claude Opus 4 has a 200K token context window compared to Mistral Large's 32K. On pricing, Claude Opus 4 costs $15/M input tokens vs $8/M for Mistral Large.
Per 1M tokens
Mistral Large is cheaper on both — 1.9× input, 3.1× output
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Opus 4 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Mistral Large is 3.1x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Claude Opus 4 uses 3.3x more sentence length
